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Romance Scammers Target Cryptocurrency Investors with Social Engineering and Fake Exchanges

Penetration Testing

AhnLab’s Mobile Analysis Team has issued an alarm about an insidious new breed of romance scams specifically targeting cryptocurrency enthusiasts.

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3 Top Things to Know About Social Engineering

SecureWorld News

On a recent SecureWorld Sessions podcast episode, Social Engineering: Hacking Humans , host Bruce Sussman spoke with Christopher Hadnagy, an entrepreneur and author of five books about social engineering and hacking the human. 1 How do you define social engineering?

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FBI warns of ransomware gang – What you need to know about the OnePercent group

CyberSecurity Insiders

This gang of cybercriminals targets individuals within an organization with social engineering tactics designed to fool them into opening a document from a ZIP file attached to an email. How do hackers use social engineering? How to spot their scam and protect yourself. OnePercent Group attacks. ” Conclusion.

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Know Your Enemy: Following a Seasoned Phisher's Train of Thought

SecureWorld News

To top it off, the average amount of money requested in wire transfer business email compromise (BEC) scams reached a whopping $93,881. During penetration tests, security professionals use harmless decoy elements that allow them to keep a record of link hits or instances of opening attachments.

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Preserving Health Care Data Security in 2022

CyberSecurity Insiders

For example, electronic health records (EHRs) give patients remote access to their data, but users may fall for phishing scams. Social engineering avoidance should be part of all workers’ onboarding processes. Penetration Test Regularly. Usage monitoring can help control these vulnerabilities.

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Cyber CEO – Cyber Hygiene is More Critical for Your Business Now Than Ever Before – Here’s Why

Herjavec Group

Conduct regular social engineering tests on your employees to actively demonstrate where improvements need to be made. Build security awareness training modules to educate your employees on how to spot phishing emails or business-related scams. Know what your crown jewels are.

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6 of the Spookiest Vulnerabilities from 2023

NetSpi Executives

million scam during a phishing attack. First Things First: Understanding the Most Common Attack Surfaces In our report, NetSPI analyzed over 300,000 anonymized findings from thousands of pentest engagements spanning more than 240,000 hours of testing.

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